Texas House of Representatives, District 63
District 63 is a district of the Texas House of Representatives that serves a portion of Denton County. The current representative for District 63 is Republican Tan Parker, who was elected in 2006.
District description
The district is located wholly within Denton County. It is one of four serving Denton County. In terms of geography, it consists of the southwestern part of the county. Major cities in the district include Flower Mound, the western half of Highland Village, and the southwestern part of Lewisville.
Elections
2006 candidates
Mary C. Denny served as Representative starting in 1993. She chose not to seek re-election in 2006. Five Republican candidates (listed below) filed to take Denny's place. No candidate from any other party filed (the district, like much of Denton County, is a GOP stronghold), so the winner of the Republican Party primary would serve District 63 in the Eightieth Texas Legislature.
The five candidates seeking election were:
- Ricky Gruden, financial advisor
- Anne Lakusta, Realtor; served on the Lewisville Independent School District Board of Trustees, 1994–2003, and as the Board's first female president, 1998–2003. Lakusta received the endorsement of the Dallas Morning News for this race, due in large part to her prior school board experience.
- Bill Lawrence, businessman, served as mayor of Highland Village, 2000–2005.
- Tan Parker, businessman; Parker received the endorsement of outgoing Representative Denny and former Congressman Dick Armey, notwithstanding his lack of political experience
- Michael Savoie, businessman and college administrator, served two terms as mayor of Northlake, 1997–2003, and the latter half of 2005.
The March 7 election resulted in a runoff between Parker (who finished first) and Lakusta (who finished second). Gruden (the third-place finisher) requested a recount, as he was only 45 votes behind Lakusta for the second-place spot, but the recount confirmed the standings. Lawrence finished fourth and Savoie finished last.
Gruden and Lawrence endorsed Parker in the April 11 runoff, while Savoie endorsed Lakusta; the runoff saw Parker defeating Lakusta by 48 votes.
2008 candidates
Parker faced opposition in the general election for the first time in the form of Democratic Party candidate Jesus Carrillo and Libertarian Party candidate John Turner, but defeated them 64,048 (72.97 percent) to Carrillo's 19,883 (22.65 percent) and Turner's 3,831 (4.36 percent).
Representatives[1]
| Leg. | Representative | Party | Term start | Term end | Counties represented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | Henry Eustace McCulloch | Unknown | November 7, 1853 | November 5, 1855 | Guadalupe |
| 6th | John Rhodes King | November 5, 1855 | November 2, 1857 | ||
| 7th | Isham Vining Harris | November 2, 1857 | November 7, 1859 | ||
| 8th | Matthew Dawson Anderson | November 7, 1859 | February 8, 1861 | ||
| Washington Edmund Goodrich | March 18, 1861 | November 4, 1861 | |||
| 9th | November 4, 1861 | November 2, 1863 | |||
| J.E. Harwell | Lavaca | ||||
| 10th | W. H. Howard | November 2, 1863 | August 6, 1866 | ||
| 11th | William Tate | August 6, 1866 | February 7, 1870 | ||
| 15th | Travis Shaw | Democratic | April 18, 1876 | January 14, 1879 | Fayette, Lee |
| 16th | Gottlieb Pauli | Republican | January 14, 1879 | January 11, 1881 | |
| 17th | Augustin Haidusek | Democratic | January 11, 1881 | January 9, 1883 | |
| 18th | Charles E. Gass | January 9, 1883 | January 22, 1883 | Coryell Hamilton | |
| C.W. Cotton | January 22, 1883 | January 13, 1885 | |||
| 19th | John Powell "Jack" Key | January 13, 1885 | January 11, 1887 | ||
| 20th | Andrew Carroll Graves | Republican | January 11, 1887 | January 8, 1889 | |
| 21st | Crockett McDonald King | Democratic | January 8, 1889 | January 13, 1891 | |
| 22nd | George Federick Perry | January 13, 1891 | January 10, 1893 | ||
| 23rd | Romanus 'Roe' Talbot | January 10, 1893 | January 8, 1895 | Robertson | |
| 24th | Roger Lanier Mills Moody | January 8, 1895 | January 12, 1897 | ||
| 25th | W. P. Blackburn | January 12, 1897 | January 10, 1899 | ||
| 26th | Semmes Wilder Parish | January 10, 1899 | January 8, 1901 | ||
| 27th | January 8, 1901 | January 13, 1903 | |||
| 28th | Christopher Columbus Pearson | January 13, 1903 | January 10, 1905 | Burnet, Williamson | |
| 29th | Franklin Deaderick Love | January 10, 1905 | January 8, 1907 | ||
| 30th | January 8, 1907 | January 12, 1909 | |||
| 31st | Christopher Columbus Pearson | January 12, 1909 | November 9, 1910 | ||
| 32nd | W. H. Corder | January 10, 1911 | January 14, 1913 | ||
| 33rd | Joe Frank Coffey | January 14, 1913 | March 26, 1914 | Falls, Limestone, McLennan | |
| Nicholas Patten Houx | September 9, 1914 | January 12, 1915 | |||
| 34th | Edgar Earnest Witt | January 12, 1915 | January 9, 1917 | ||
| 35th | Frank Minnock Fitzpatrick Sr. | January 9, 1917 | January 14, 1919 | ||
| 36th | James Louis Quicksall Sr. | January 14, 1919 | January 11, 1921 | ||
| 37th | January 11, 1921 | January 9, 1923 | |||
| 38th | Cecil Anderson Morgan Sr. | January 9, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Robertson | |
| 39th | Corry Thaddeus Sheats | January 13, 1925 | January 11, 1927 | ||
| 40th | January 11, 1927 | January 8, 1929 | |||
| 41st | Robert Brown Ewing | January 8, 1929 | February 24, 1930 | ||
| 42nd | Jacob Leonard Goodman | January 13, 1931 | January 10, 1933 | ||
| 43rd | January 10, 1933 | January 8, 1935 | |||
| 44th | David Hollis Frazer | January 8, 1935 | January 12, 1937 | ||
| 45th | Cecil Taylor Rhodes | January 12, 1937 | January 10, 1939 | ||
| 46th | January 10, 1939 | January 14, 1941 | |||
| 47th | January 14, 1941 | January 12, 1943 | |||
| 48th | January 12, 1943 | January 9, 1945 | |||
| 49th | Herman R. Yezak | January 9, 1945 | January 14, 1947 | ||
| 50th | January 14, 1947 | January 11, 1949 | |||
| 51st | January 11, 1949 | January 9, 1951 | |||
| 52nd | January 9, 1951 | January 13, 1953 | |||
| 58th | Wayne B. Gibbens | January 8, 1963 | January 12, 1965 | Callahan Eastland, Palo Pinto Shackelford, Stephens | |
| 59th | January 12, 1965 | January 7, 1966 | |||
| 60th | Burke Musgrove | January 10, 1967 | January 14, 1969 | ||
| 61st | Robert Temple Dickson III | January 14, 1969 | January 12, 1971 | Howard, Mitchell, Nolan | |
| 62nd | Dee Jon Davis | January 12, 1971 | January 9, 1973 | ||
| 63rd | Renal Boyd "Al" Rosson | January 9, 1973 | January 14, 1975 | Borden, Coke, Dawson Howard, Scurry, Sterling | |
| 64th | Michael Herman "Mike" Ezzell | January 14, 1975 | January 11, 1977 | ||
| 65th | January 11, 1977 | January 9, 1979 | |||
| 66th | January 9, 1979 | October 15, 1980 | |||
| Larry Don Shaw | December 3, 1980 | January 13, 1981 | |||
| 67th | January 13, 1981 | January 11, 1983 | |||
| 68th | William G. "Bill" Cody | January 11, 1983 | January 8, 1985 | Cooke, Parker, Wise | |
| 69th | Ric Williamson | January 8, 1985 | January 13, 1987 | ||
| 70th | January 13, 1987 | January 10, 1989 | |||
| 71st | January 10, 1989 | January 8, 1991 | |||
| 72nd | January 8, 1991 | January 12, 1993 | |||
| 73rd | Mary Diane Denny | Republican | January 14, 1993 | January 10, 1995 | Collin, Denton, Rockwall |
| 74th | January 10, 1995 | January 14, 1997 | |||
| 75th | January 14, 1997 | January 12, 1999 | |||
| 76th | January 12, 1999 | January 9, 2001 | |||
| 77th | January 9, 2001 | January 14, 2003 | |||
| 78th | January 14, 2003 | January 11, 2005 | Denton | ||
| 79th | January 11, 2005 | January 9, 2007 | |||
| 80th | Tan Parker | January 9, 2007 | January 13, 2009 | ||
| 81st | January 13, 2009 | January 11, 2011 | |||
| 82nd | January 11, 2011 | January 8, 2013 | |||
| 83rd | January 8, 2013 | January 13, 2015 | |||
| 84th | January 13, 2015 | January 10, 2017 | |||
| 85th | January 10, 2017 | January 8, 2019 | |||
| 86th | January 8, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | |||
| 87th | January 12, 2021 | Present | |||
References
- "Texas Legislators: Past&Present". lrl.texas.gov.